STIGQter: STIG Summary: Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 22 Jan 2021:

The SSH daemon must not allow compression or must only allow compression after successful authentication.

DISA Rule

SV-226999r603265_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-226999

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480

Rule Version

GEN005539

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Edit the SSH daemon configuration and add or edit the Compression setting value to no or delayed.

Check Contents

Check the SSH daemon configuration for the Compression setting.
# grep -i Compression /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v '^#'
If the setting is not present, or set to yes, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-226999

Documentable

False

Rule Version

GEN005539

Severity Override Guidance

Check the SSH daemon configuration for the Compression setting.
# grep -i Compression /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v '^#'
If the setting is not present, or set to yes, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4060

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